2- Naphthylamine preparation

The diazotisation and coupling reactions were exploited by the firm of Read Holliday in 1880 with the discovery of Vacanceine red, the first of the ice colours . Cotton pretreated with 2-naphthol was immersed in a solution of diazotised 2-naphthylamine, prepared in the presence of crushed ice. Para red (2.11), however, patented by the same company in 1887, achieved much more success. This was applied to cotton in the same way using 2-naphthol and diazotised p-nitroaniline. Para red was also manufactured and marketed as a useful azo pigment. 

Stilben-4-yl)naphthotriazoles (2) are prepared by diazotization of 4-amino-stilbene-2-sulfonic acid or 4-amino-2-cyano-4 -chlorostilbene, coupling with an ortho-coupling naphthylamine derivative, and finally, oxidation to the triazole. 

Fluoronaphthalene [321-38-0] is prepared from 1-naphthylamine by the Balz-Schiemaim reaction in 52% yield or by diazotization in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride in 82% yield. Electrophilic substitution occurs at the 4-position, eg, nitration with fuming nitric acid in acetic acid gave 88% yield of l-fluoro-4-nitro-naphthalene [341 -92-4]. 

Fluoronaphthalene [323-09-1] is prepared in 54—67% yield from 2-naphthylamine by the Balz-Schiemann reaction or in 51% yield by pyrolysis of indene and chlorofluoromethane at 600°C (77). 

Polymer-type antioxidants have been prepared by Eriedel-Crafts reaction of -cresol andp- and/or y -chloromethylstyrene in the presence of boron trifluoride-etherate (198). The oligomeric product resulting from the alkylation of phenyl-a-naphthylamine using C12—15 propylene oligomer in the presence of AlCl or activated white clays is used as an antioxidant additive for lubricating oils (199). 

Naphthaleneamine. 1-Naphthylamine or a-naphth5iamine/7i5 -i2- can be made from 1-nitronaphthalene by reduction with iron—dilute HCl, or by catalytic hydrogenation it is purified by distillation and the content of 2-naphthylamine can be reduced as low as 8—10 ppm. Electroreduction of 1-nitronaphthalene to 1-naphthylamine using titania—titanium composite electrode has been described (43). Photoinduced reduction of 1-nitronaphthalene on semiconductor (eg, anatase) particles produces 1-naphthylamine in 77% yield (44). 1-Naphthylamine/7J4-J2-. can also be prepared by treating 1-naphthol with NH in the presence of a catalyst at elevated temperature. The sanitary working conditions are improved by gas-phase reaction at... 

Naphthaleneamine is a dye intermediate and is used as the starting material in the manufacture of the rodenticide, Antii (8), l-naphthalenethiourea/5 %< < -4/, which is prepared by heating a mixture of 1-naphthylamine hydrochloride, NH SCN, and a large amount water for 14—16 h while keeping its volume constant by a dding an additional amount of water, to give a 97% yield. Its LD q is 600 mg in squirrels (46). 

In the ketone method, the central carbon atom is derived from phosgene (qv). A diarylketone is prepared from phosgene and a tertiary arylamine and then condenses with another mole of a tertiary arylamine (same or different) in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride or zinc chloride. The dye is produced directly without an oxidation step. Thus, ethyl violet [2390-59-2] Cl Basic Violet 4 (15), is prepared from 4,4 -bis(diethylamino)benzophenone with diethylaruline in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride. This reaction is very useful for the preparation of unsymmetrical dyes. Condensation of 4,4 -bis(dimethylamino)benzophenone [90-94-8] (Michler s ketone) with AJ-phenjl-l-naphthylamine gives the Victoria Blue B [2580-56-5] Cl Basic Blue 26, which is used for coloring paper and producing ballpoint pen pastes and inks. 

Bake sulfonation is an important variant of the normal sulfonation procedure. The reaction is restricted to aromatic amines, the sulfate salts of which ate prepared and heated (dry) at a temperature of approximately 200°C in vacuo. The sulfonic acid group migrates to the ortho or para positions of the amine to give a mixture of orthanilic acid [88-21-1] and sulfanilic acid [121 -57-3] respectively. This tendency is also apparent in polynuclear systems so that 1-naphthylamine gives 1-naphthy1amine-4-su1fonic acid. 

Solutions in contact with polyvinyl chloride can become contaminated with trace amounts of lead, titanium, tin, zinc, iron, magnesium or cadmium from additives used in the manufacture and moulding of PVC. V-Phenyl-2-naphthylamine is a contaminant of solvents and biological materials that have been in contact with black rubber or neoprene (in which it is used as an antioxidant). Although it was only an artefact of the separation procedure it has been isolated as an apparent component of vitamin K preparations, extracts of plant lipids, algae, livers, butter, eye tissue and kidney tissue [Brown Chem Br 3 524 1967]. 

The best source of information on preparative aspects of coupling reactions is still the book of Fierz and Blangey (1952). Four examples of coupling reactions can be found in Organic Syntheses (Conant et al., 1941, and Fieser, 1943 Azo coupling with 1- and 2-naphthol Hartwell and Fieser, 1943 8-Hydroxy-l-naphthylamine-2,4-di-sulfonic acid Clarke and Kirner, 1941 A/,7V-Dimethylaniline). 

P-Nitronaphthalene is not formed by direct nitration. For the preparation of p-naphthylamine, the Bucherer reaction may be applied to p-naphthol, i.e., by heating with ammoniacal ammonium sulphite solution at 150° (under pressure). The reaction involves the addition of the bisulphite to the keto form of p-naphthol ... 

P-Bromonaphthalene. The preparation from p-naphthylamine, which has carcinogenic properties, is avoided by the use of 2-naphthylamine-1-sulphonic acid ( 2-amino-1-naphthalenesulphonic acid ) the latter is obtained commercially by cautious treatment of p-naphthol with sulphuric acid—the SOjH group first enters the 1-position—followed by the Bucherer reaction. Diazotisation and reaction with cuprous bromide yields 2-bromonaphthalene-l-sulphonic acid heating with sulphuric acid eliminates the sulphonic acid group to give 2-bromonaphthalene. 

I, 4-benzoquinone.4 Other methods that have been employed include the oxidation of naphthalene with hydrogen peroxide,5 the oxidation of 1,4-naphthalenediamine 6 and naphthylamine sulfonic acid 7 and the oxidation of 4-amino-1-naphthol prepared by electrolytic reduction of 1-nitronaphthalene.8... 

Quinazolines 51 have been prepared by the condensation of A-aryl carbamates with hexamine, followed by aromatisation of the dihydro intermediate. A variety of mono- and di-substituted anilides were used, mefa-substituted starting materials giving 7-substituted quinazolines <06T12351>. Benzoquinazolines were also prepared similarly from naphthylamine carbamates <06OL255>. 

The Bucherer reaction can also be used in the preparation of substituted naphthylamines. Carrying out the reaction on a naphthol but employing an alkylamine in place of ammonia results in the production of the corresponding N-alkylnaphthylamine. Alternatively, a... 

In some cases where it is difficult to carry out the Bucherer reaction successfully, it is easier to prepare N-arylnaphthylamines by heating together a naphthylamine and an arylamine. In particular, this reaction is useful in the preparation (Scheme 4.24) of 1-phenylaminonaphthalene-8-sulphonic acid (4.34 N-Phenyl Peri acid) and its N-4-methylphenyl analogue (Tolyl Peri acid), both of which intermediates are valuable components for the production of navy blue dyes. 

In all the above sequences, single isomers are produced by careful control of the reaction conditions combined with purification by selective isolation at various points in the synthesis. Occasionally two isomers are produced which give dyestuffs that have very similar properties in these cases it is often quite acceptable and economically beneficial not to separate the individual components but to use the total mixture in dye preparation. An example is the mixture of l-naphthylamine-6- and 7-sulphonic acids (4.46 mixed Cleve s acids), which arises by nitration and reduction of naphthalene-2 Sulphonic acid (Scheme 4.30). 

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